Montessorium: Intro to Words

I hope the developer sees this because it is a serious issue. I am disappointed in the mistakes in this app. Ship doesn’t start with /s/ for example, it starts with the sound /sh/. Same with owl, it starts /au/, not /o/. Why are these in the spy game with the wrong sounds? Also, would it be so hard to use realistic drawing or even photos of the objects? The cartoons shown are really not Montessori conform at all. I was hoping for a nice way to expand on my son‘s interest with sounds and letters, but this app has too many issues for me to use. It is very disappointing as the other apps in the series are more conform and have less or no mistakes.

Bitte um mehr Sprachen. Zum Beispiel Deutsch. Würde dann doch gerne besser bewerten wenn da updates gemacht würden.

leider den Hinweis übersehen, dass die App, nicht wie die anderen von Montessorium, nicht auf dem iPhone läuft. Daher für mich gar nicht zu gebrauchen.

A beautiful and simple app and I can see where they are going, but it’s very buggy. The first and easiest lesson has a bug and you can move past it. Please creators; fix it because it has so much to offer the world in the form of “slow tech”

The person providing the instructions is obviously not a Montessori teacher. The first word the child is asked to build is “bug.” Bug does not begin with buh, but /b/ as in bit.

It’s a little glitchy and could use an update, but this is really a wonderful tool that is helping me teach my twins to read. Thank y’all for developing this awesome app!

I really like this app! It makes the sound of the letters when the letters are touched. It has a section to build words and breaks them down by sound for kids to start learning how to sound out and build words. It also has a free write area for kids to explore building words on their own by sound.

This app offers no more than what parents can do with a pen and paper. Truly dissatisfied. I also cannot get any sound. Would really like a refund.

I wish there was a preview option as I would not have paid for this app for my 8 year olds. This is very Montessori like but I think more towards ages 3-6 than 6-8. If you are looking for younger kids, this will be awesome.

The app has kids spell simple words, choosing letters from a list of all the letters in the alphabet. However, it treats vowel diagraphs (two vowels together that make a single sound) as if they were separate letters. These are all listed at the end of the the standard alphabet. So, when a child is asked to spell the word "boy" they can't choose the letters B-O-Y. Instead the have to first choose B then scroll all the way past the end of the normal alphabet list and find OY from a long list of diagraphs (AI, AY, OO, OI, OY, etc.). It might make sense to a linguist, but it's confusing for a child just learning to spell.